Easy wins for Lovlina, Nikhat, defending champion Sakshi crashes out

Defending champion and former World junior and youth champion Sakshi Chaudhary suffered a shock defeat to Poonam in the only upset of the tournament so far, losing 1-4 in the 54kg quarterfinals at the Elite men’s and women’s national boxing championships here on Thursday.

Sakshi, among the favourites here, was completely outplayed by her opponent who relied more on timing and technique, dodging the blows with a strong defence and finding gaps to punch through.

It was also one of the few results that did not go in SSCB’s favour, the Services boxers having dominated the overall proceedings.

Most other results followed a predictable course with Nikhat Zareen won 5-0 against Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram of Manipur and Lovlina Borgohain winning by RSC in the first round itself against Mounika Bonthu of Andhra Pradesh. Former Asian and World Championships medallist

Parveen Hooda (60kg), however, withdrew against Disha with injury.

Among men, Amit Panghal received a walkover into the semifinals, making it a three-way contest for SSCB in the last four.

The BFI’s decision to give direct entry to participants at the World Boxing Cup Finals meant the presence of more than one boxer from SSCB in most categories across both genders, adding to the displeasure among other teams.

The results (quarterfinals):

Men: 50kg: Vishwanath (SSCB) bt Sagar (Har) 5-0, Ronit Raj (Jha) bt Tompok Singh (Man) 4-0, Rishi Singh (UP) bt Honey (Del) 5-0, Sanjit Singh (RSPB) bt Heli Tana (Aru) 5-0; 55kg: Pawan Bartwal (SSCB) bt Tyson (Aru) 5-0, Victor Singh (Man) bt Suraj Bhan (Raj) 5-0, Jadumani Singh (SSCB) bt Nikhil (Pun) 5-0, Amit Panghal (SSCB) bt Ganga (SPSB) w/o; 60kg: Sachin (SSCB) bt Karan (UP) 5-0, Bhupinder Singh (Pun) bt Naveen Kumar K (TN) 4-1, Raman (AIPSCB) bt Purvik (Tel) 5-0, Hussamuddin (SSCB) bt Anmol (RSPB) 4-1; 65kg: Abhinash Jamwal (HP) bt Abhishek Yadav (UP) 5-0, Rohit (Chd) bt Roopesh (MP) 5-0, Amit (RSPB) bt Pavan Kalyan (Tel) 5-0, Aditya Pratap (SSCB) bt Arth (Guj) RSC-I; 70kg: Hitesh Gulia (SSCB) bt Tejaswi (Pun) 5-0, Vivek (Raj) bt Neeraj (Nag) 5-0, Sumit (Ddn) bt Varinder (RSPB) 5-0, Deepak (SSCB) bt Aman Rathore (UP) KO-I; 75kg: Sumit (SSCB) bt Ishmeet (RSPB) 5-0, Hitesh (Del) bt Sakil (Man) 3-0, Deepak Singh (J&K) bt Praveen Kumar M (TN) 3-2, Akash (SSCB) bt Rishabh (HP) 5-0; 80kg: Ankush (SSCB) bt Nikhil (RSPB) 4-1, Kunal (AIPSCB) bt Aryan (Del) 3-2, Akshay (Chd) bt Richith R (Kar) 5-0, Malsawmtluanga (SSCB) bt Kunal (Mah) 5-0; 85kg: Jugnoo (SSCB) bt Parv (Del) 5-0, Abhimanyu (RSPB) bt Mayur (Raj) 5-0, Yash (Har) bt Vishwajeet (HP) 5-0, Lokesh (SSCB) bt Pritish Bishoni (AIPSCB) 5-0; 90kg: Naman (RSPB) bt Naveen (Har) 5-0, Bobin (HP) bt Abhinav (UP) 5-0, Kapil (Utk) bt Vicky (AIPSCB) 5-0, Harsh (Raj) bt Arshdeep (Pun) 5-0; 90+kg: Narender (SSCB) bt Vishal Gupta (UP) 5-0, Chetan (HP) bt Udeyveer Singh (Pun) 5-0, Sawan Gill (Chd) bt Abhay (AIPSCB) KO-II, Gaurav (SSCB) bt Sagar (RSPB) 3-2.

Women: 48kg: Minakshi Hooda (APSCB) bt Kashish Mehta (Pun) 5-0, Malika Mor (MP) bt Laxmi (AIPSCB) 5-0, Manju Rani (RSPB) bt Rinky Kishore (UP) 4-1; Guddi (Chd) bt Bharti (Har) 4-1; 51kg: Nikhat Zareen (Tel) bt Lanchenbee Chanu Tongbram (Man) 5-0, Kusum Baghel (UP) bt Tanu (SSCB) 3-2, Jyoti (RSPB) bt Kanupriya Rathore (Raj) RSC-III, Nitu Ghanghas (Har) bt Deepa Kumari (APSCB) 5-0; 54kg: Preeti Pawar (SSCB) bt Harmeet Kaur Virk (Pun) 5-0, Aarti Dhariyal (Utk) bt Naom Chingsannuami (Miz) 3-2, Priyanka (Har) bt Khushi Jadhav (Mah) RSC-II, Poonam (RSPB) 5-0 bt Sakshi (SSCB) 4-1; 57kg: Vinka (Har) bt Ankitha Raj K (Kar) 5-0, Anjali Singh (MP) bt Trilekha Gurung (WB) 4-0, Muskan (AIPSCB) bt Vaishnavi Waghmare (Mah) 3-2, Prachi (RSPB) bt Vinakshi Dhota (HP) 5-0; 60kg: Disha Patil (Mah) bt Parveen (AIPSCB) w/o, Mahi Lama (MP) bt P.S. Girija (TN) 5-0, Ankushita Boro (Asm) bt Niharika Gonella (Tel) 5-0, Priya (RSPB) bt Nikita Chand (Utk) 5-0; 65kg: Neeraj Phogat (Har) bt Shashi Chopra (RSPB) 4-1, Pranjal Yadav (SSCB) bt Savita (Del) 5-0, Ritu (AIPSCB) bt Priyanka (Chd) 5-0, Kajal (Utk) bt Deepika (HP) 5-0; 70kg: Arundhati Choudhary (SSCB) bt Lashu Yadav (RSPB) 5-0, Sneh (Har) bt Astha Pahwa (UP) 3-2, Sneha (AIPSCB) bt Pooja Vishwakarma (Guj) 5-0, Gitimoni Gogoi (Asm) bt Ananya Chaudhary (J&K) 5-0; 75kg: Lovlina Borgohain (Asm) bt Mounika Bonthu (AP) RSC-I, Imroz Khan (UP) bt Sribhavana Manikandan (TN) 5-0, Monika (AIPSCB) bt Jigyasa Rajput (MP) 5-0, Sanamacha Chanu Thokchom (RSPB) bt Shweta (Raj) 5-0; 80kg: Pooja Rani (Har) bt Sushma (AIPSCB) 5-0, Sneha (UP) P. Anitha (TN) 5-0, Anupma (RSPB) bt Namrata Rawat (Utk) RSC-I, Naina (Har) bt Kanchan Suransa (Mah) 5-0; 80+kg: Ritika (Har) bt S. Mathamma (AIPSCB) 4-1, Alfiya Khan (RSPB) bt Shivani Tomar (Del) 5-0, Tashree Menaria (Raj) bt Vanshika Goswami (HP) 4-1, Mankirat Kaur (Pun) bt Jagruti (Mah) 4-1.

Published – January 08, 2026 10:42 pm IST